Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . in 1855, AmandaBeisel, of Conyngham valley, Luzerne county,Pennsylvania, who survives her husband. Bythis second marriage there were five children:Reuben B. and Harry L., deceased; three liv-ing, all in Pittston, as follows: Mrs. LilliePhinney, Amanda J., and Florence Cutler. Abrother of Mr. Cutler, Stewart H., is still liv-ing at Scranton, Pennsylvania. DENNIS A. MACKIN, superintendent ofthe Central Poor Alms House, at Retreat, wasborn in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, July 22,1869. the son of Edward and Alary
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . in 1855, AmandaBeisel, of Conyngham valley, Luzerne county,Pennsylvania, who survives her husband. Bythis second marriage there were five children:Reuben B. and Harry L., deceased; three liv-ing, all in Pittston, as follows: Mrs. LilliePhinney, Amanda J., and Florence Cutler. Abrother of Mr. Cutler, Stewart H., is still liv-ing at Scranton, Pennsylvania. DENNIS A. MACKIN, superintendent ofthe Central Poor Alms House, at Retreat, wasborn in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, July 22,1869. the son of Edward and Alary (Dowling)Mackin, and grandson of Dennis Mackin. anative of Ireland. He married Miss KateHoffman, of Dutch (Holland) extraction,whose people were among the pioneer settlersof Wyoming valley. Among their childrenwas a son, Edward. Edward Mackin, father of Dennis , was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl-vania, February 27, 1840. He is a prominentcoal operator, having been identified with the-Delaware & Hudson Company for a periodof fiftv-three years, forty vears of that time-. I. E. LaBARRE THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 507- acting as superintendent. He was for thirtyyears school director in the city of Wilkes-Barre, and also served nine years on the citycouncil. He was a staunch Democrat, andworked earnestly and untiringly toward ad-vancing the interests of that organization. He-now (1906) resides in the city of his birth,Wilkes-Barre, retired from active businesslife. (See sketch elsewhere).) He married MissAlary Dowling, a native of Luzerne county,and of their children five are living: CharlesE., Dennis Dr. Thomas H, Mrs. SarahMoore and Florence. Dennis A. Mackin, son of Edward andMary (Dowling) Mackin, was reared and ed-ucated in the common schools of his nativeplace. He subsequently entered the Wyo-ming Seminary, spending two and a halfyears there, being a graduate of the commer-cial department of that institution. The firsteight years after leaving the schoolroo
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